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Downtown Ferndale is about to become a little more dense now that Lofts on the 9 will be welcoming its first new residents this month.

Construction is set to wrap up within the next few days and the residents are set to move in shortly after that. Lofts on the 9 is on East 9 Mile Road just east of Como's Restaurant and across the street from the Ferndale Public Library.

Most of the ground floor retail space is spoken for by a couple of businesses, including a Yoga studio. The businesses are expected to move in early next year. The 4-story structure features units that are priced from $149,000 to the mid $400,000s. They range in size between 500 and 2,100 square feet, however, the 2,100-square-foot loft can be expanded up to 2,700 square feet by adding a rooftop deck. Each unit comes with a parking spot underneath the building.

The group of developers behind the Lofts on the 9 project also built the Troy, Main and Center street lofts developments in downtown Royal Oak.For information, call Crystal Marsh at (248) 535-4908.